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Today we set out from Auvers to Creil, a distance of 56 kms, with a mixture of terrain, villages and industrial areas, followed by beautiful forest and a visit to the Chantilly racehorse district and to the stunning Chateau of Chantilly and the Museum to the Horse in the grand buildings beside the racecourse which are aged well over 200 years. While others on the tour went to see the chateau and the gardens, Albert the guide and myself went to see the Museum ...

... on to a regional train to Beauvios the countryside was very good rolling land with lots of good grain crops everywhere. As we pulled into the station we went past the back of the factory -it looked huge. Once we walked a couple of km to the entrance they picked we were the NZ farmers and we began our personal tour with a guide. It started in a show room with many of the 1 serial number tractors and one of the 35s Sir Edmund Hillary took to the south pole with its canvas cab ...

... and 16th century. Oh how it would have been nice to be wealthy back in the 1500s and live in such a place. Afterwards we walked through all the lovely groomed gardens and along the canal that ran along the edge of the gardens. We still had a few hours left in the day and even though it was one of the coldest days that we have experienced so far, we didn't want to waste the afternoon. On the GPS in the car we noticed there were a few other chateaus not far ...

... my head. The night before, most of the students decided to play a makeshift soccer game in a parking lot next to our residence hall. Then the professor asked us who won the game and immediately there was a hushed confusion among the students as we tried to think about who did in fact win the game. We quickly realized that we had no idea who won because we were too busy having fun to keep score. Coming to consensual ...